Last night, the Israeli army murdered reporter Anas al-Sharif and the entire Al-Jazeera team in Gaza.
Being a journalist in Gaza is not just covering a war: it’s surviving, day after day, through destruction, hunger, and death. It’s watching your people being annihilated while knowing you are a target yourself. Israel has journalists in its crosshairs. They are killed systematically. According to Al-Jazeera, over 230 journalists have been assassinated during this siege — more than in the Vietnam, Yugoslavia, and Afghanistan wars combined.
Israel bans foreign press from entering Gaza and silences local voices telling the daily tragedy of the territory. This time, they didn’t even try to hide it: they admitted the attack was deliberate. They bombed the tent where journalists Anas al-Sharif and Mohammad Qureiqaa, cameramen Ibrahim Zaher and Moamen Alaywa, and driver Mohammad Nofal were sleeping.
Families shattered. Friends devastated. The world, left without the voices of those who risked everything to tell the truth. They kept going while burying loved ones, while starving, while working without resources. Heroes, until their final day.
The governments that support the siege — and those that remain silent — are complicit.
If we want to stop this massacre, we must start with our own governments. Their hands are as stained with blood as Israel’s executioners.
** Anas al-Sharif, Ibrahim Zaher, Mohammed Noufal, Moamen Aliwa and Mohammed Qreiqeh. Image published in an Al-Jazeera article on August 11, 2025.
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